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Steal You Back [Live]

from One Gaslit Night (EP) by Fergus Maximus

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lyrics

Steal You Back

I don’t want to cut you with my broken heart
I don’t mean to hurt you with my pain
All I know is I’m aching here without you
And I’m feeling things but I don’t have
the words that can explain
If only I had been there when you chose to leave
If only we had spoken on that night
Because, God knows,
the house is empty here without you
And I’m wishing there was something
I could do to make things right

If only …
If only …
If only these ‘if onlys’ had some power over history

I’d shake the hands of time
Arrange some momentary distraction
and sneak around behind
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back

Another day of helpless longing for your touch
Another night spins out of my control
I tell myself I have to start again without you
Should dry my tears
and pray that God has mercy on your soul
A blur of words I retell the story yet again
A blur of friends process in a well-meaning haze
They want to help but I’m resenting the intrusion
As if maybe it might not be true
if they would all just go away

I’d shake the hands of time
Arrange some momentary distraction
and sneak around behind
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back

Someday I’ll cherish every moment that we shared
But now I’m wavering somewhere
between acceptance and despair
I understand the theory of losing you very well
But it doesn’t seem so simple
When I explain it to myself

I’d shake the hands of time
Arrange some momentary distraction
and sneak around behind
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back
I’d take the hands of time
Engage him in conversation
while planning out my crime
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back

[For Bill & Edith. And for Blake.]

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from One Gaslit Night (EP), released July 17, 2016
Words Ferg/Music by Ferguson/Shillabeer/Ferguson

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Fergus Maximus Adelaide, Australia

Fergus Maximus is that guy with his headphones on long after the playlist has finished, completely oblivious because there’s always music in his head anyway. Ferg's unapologetic pop songs encompass all the important things: love, loss, mistakes, surprises and people’s astonishing capacity to miscommunicate. In these songs and stories you'll find some extraordinary snapshots from an ordinary life. ... more

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